The Irish standard., 1887-06-18
CATHOLIC NEWS.
RELIGIOUS Notes.

An addition will be made to st. Jo-
seph's Church, at Escanaba,, Mich.
There are 365 Catholic churches in
Rome-one for every day in the year.
The Polish Catholics of Webster,
Mass, are building themselves a church
The people Of St. Andrews parish,
Buffalo, Wis, have begun new church
The new st. Joseph's Church, Sun
Prairie, Wis, will be dedicated on
June 21.
The cornerstone of a new Catholic
church at Keyesville, Wis, was laid
June9.
Work has been begun on new Ger
man Catholic church and school at La
Crosse, Wis.
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Gilmour recently
dedicated the new St. Joseph's Church,
Florence, Ohio.
The new st. Mary's Church, Spencer,
Mass, will be opened for public SER
vices on October 2.
On June 4 the Holy Father granted
an audience to Archbishop Williams,
who is now in Rome.
On Sunday, May 20, the Rt. Rev.
Bishop Fiasch dedicated the new church
at South Chippewa, Wis.
The Catholic Hollanders of Grand
Rapids, Mich, are building themselves
a church at cost of $1,000.
Father Lambert, the author of ''Notes
on Ingersoll," delivered the Grafton on
Decoration Day at Waterloo, N. Y.
Archbishop Riordan solemnly dedi-
Gated the new church of St. Martin in
Englewood, ILL.,, on Sunday, May %.
The whole number of Popes. from St.
Peter to Leo XIII, is 258. Of these 80
are venerated as saints, 33 having been
martyred.
King Humbert has decorated the
Archbishop of Milan, and his action is
regarded as indicating his desire to con-
ciliate the Pope.
The cornerstone of the new church of
st. Paul the Apostle, Greenville, N. j.,
was laid on Sunday, May 20, by the Rt.
Rev. Bishop Wigger.
A parochial school is to be built in
st. Patrick's parish, Merced, CAL, of
which the Rev. NJ. McNamara is the
rector.
The Polish Catholics of Princeton,
Wis.,, are building new church at a
cost of $4,000. They are in charge Of
Father Zelinsk.
In the municipal election which took
place at Genoa last week the Catholics
were very successful, nearly all Of their
candidates being elected.
On the Feast of Corpus Christi.
Thursday. June 8, class Of 100 chill
dren made their First Communion
at tile Cathed edral, Boston.
On Pentecost Sunday, Archbishop
Fabre consecrated the splendid new
Church of St. Anthony of Padua, at
Longueil, Province of Quebec, Canada.
The Church of the Sacred Heart, New
Haven, Conn.,, is to remodelled and
beautifed at a cost of $4,000. An ad-
dition Of 40 feet is to be built in the
rear.
The Catholics of Pipe Greek, Kansas,
numbering twenty-five families, having
lately erected and fully paid for neat
little church, are now planning school
house.
The Rev. Hugh Mallon, rector of the
Church of the Holy Trinity, Walling-
ford, Conn.,, announces that his church
will be ready for dedication next
Thanksgiving Day.
On Sunday, June -, the Rt. Rev.
Bishop Gilmour laid the cornerstone OF
the new church at Bavaria, O., and on
Sunday. June 26, that Of the new church
at East Liverpool, 0.
The cornerstone Of the new Cathe-
dral OF Sacramento, CAL, was laid by
the Rt. Rev. Bishop Manogue, on Sun
day, June 12. The Rev. j. NJ. @.
Bouchard preached.
A generous Irishman, James Phelan,
lately dodated $1,000 to the building
fund of the new Church of the Holy
Cross, Santa Cruz, CAL, Of which Rev.
Hugh McNamee Is rector.
Plans are now being perfected for the
construction of new school building at
South Church, ILL.,, by st. Patrick's